* Altman, Ann (trans.). 2004. Early Visitors to Easter Island 1864-1877. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-5-0 soft cover; 143 pp.

5.5" H 8.5" / 14 H 21.6 cm

b/w photos & illustrations

CONTENTS

Map of Easter Island; Introduction. Eugéne Eyraud; Hippolyte Roussel; Pieerra Loti (Julian Viaud); Alphonse Pinart.

Ayres, W.S. and G.S. Ayres, 1995. Geiseler’s Easter Island Report. Manoa: University of Hawai'i.

ISBN 0-8248-1555-6 soft cover; 207 pp.

8.5" H 11" / 21.6 H 28 cm

b/w photos; tables

List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Title Facsimile. Geiseler’s Report: Hydrographical and Other Noteworthy Information; Information on Prehistory. Ethnography: The Population; Races and Types; Language; The Number System. Customs and Practices: Greeting Forms; Hospitality; Tabu; Vendettas; Thievery and Robbery; Epigamy, Polyandry, Monogamy, Celibacy; Burial, Mourning, and Practices Associated with the Dead; Cannibalism; Respect of the Aged, The Treatment of Ill Persons; Philosophy, Belief, and Religion; Clothing and Adornment; Body Painting and Tattooing; Hair and Beard Dressings; Weapons and Utensils; Nourishment; Housing; Life-style; Organization; Rights and Possessions; Trade and Industry; Origins and History; Miscellaneous Observations and the Influence of Christianity on the Natives of Today. Appendices: Easter Island and Early Historic Chronology of Ship Visits; The Berlin Anthropological Society’s Research and Collecting Guide; Inventory and Description of Ethnographic Specimens Collected and Purchased on Easter Island; Geiseler (Hyäne) and Related Holdings of the Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin; Collected Vocabulary of the Rapanui Language; Collected Songs. Notes; References.

Bahn, Paul G. and John R. Flenley. 1992. Easter Island, Earth Island. London and New York: Thames and Hudson.

ISBN 0-500-05065-1 hard cover; 240 pp.

7" H 9.75" / 18 H 24.8 cm

b/w & color photos, illustrations, charts

CONTENTS

Preface. Introduction: European Discovery. The Island and its Geography. The Original "Boat People": Where Did They Come From?; How Did They Get There, and Why?; Living on an Island. Ancestors of Stone – A Petrified Dream: Statues and Ceremonies; The Riddle of the Quarry; Rocking or Rolling: How Were the Statues Moved?; Platforms and Pukao: Erecting the Statues. The Aftermath: Crash Go the Ancestors; Orongo and Rongorongo. Conclusion: The Island that Self-Destructed. Epilogue: The Lesson of Easter Island. Visiting Easter Island. Further Reading. Acknowledgments. Sources of Illustrations. Index.

Barthel, Thomas S. 1978. The Eighth Land: The Polynesian Discovery and Settlement of Easter Island (Anneliese Martin, trans.). Honolulu: The University Press of Hawai'i.

ISBN 0-8248-0553-4 hard cover; 372 pp.

6" H 8.5" / 15 H 21.6 cm

tables

 CONTENTS

Preface. The First Inhabitants of Easter Island; Earlier History in the Old Homeland; The Dream Voyage of Hau Maka; The Explorers; The Voyage of Hotu Matua; The Arrival of Hotu Matua; Conflict with Oroi; Conflict with Vakai; The Death of Hotu Matua; The Stone Figures; Origin of Manuscript E; Text of Manuscript E. Bibliography; Index.

Barthel, Thomas S. 1958. Grundlagen zur Entzifferung der Osterinselschrift. Hamburg: Cram, De Gruyter.

no ISBN; hard cover; 346 pp.

12.7 × 20.32 cm / 5" H 8"

64 tables (sign lists, tablet schematics, inscription tracings, etc.); no photos

INHALT (contents)

Vorwort; Einleitung; Denkmäler der Klassischen Osterinselschrift; Die Wiedergabe der Schriftzeichen durch Kennziffern; Corpus Inscriptionum Paschalis Insulae (Transkription, Vorkommensnachweis); Textparallelen in der Osterinselschrift; Regeln und Häufigkeiten; Die Metoro-Gesänge und ihre Auswertung; Die Natur; Die Himmelskörper; Die Götter; Die Menschen; Die Handlungen; Der Tod; Ethnographica; Die Schrift; Ergebnisse; Literaturverzeiehnis.

Bellwood, Peter. 1978. The Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People. London: Thames & Hudson.

ISBN 0-500-27450-9 soft cover; 175 pp.

6.25" H 9.5" / 16 H 24 cm

b/w photos & drawings

CONTENTS

Introduction: The Geography of Polynesia; European Navigators in Polynesia; the Whence of the Polynesians — Theories Before 1952; Cultural Divisions within Polynesia. The Polynesian Peoples and their Cultures: The Polynesian People; Polynesian Linguistic History; Polynesian Societies; Polynesian Economics; Polynesian Canoes and Navigation. The Archaeological Origins of the Polynesians: The Lapita Culture; Western Polynesia and the Polynesian Outliers: 1500 BC - AD 500; The Great Expansion: Eastern Polynesia AD 300 - 1200. The Tropical Chiefdoms AD 1200 - 1800: The Tongan Islands; The Samoan Islands; The Eastern Islands; Tahiti and the Society Islands; The Tuamotu, Austral, and Cook Islands; The Marquesas Islands; The Hawaiian Islands; The Mystery Islands. Into Southern Waters: Easter Island; New Zealand; The Archaic Phase; The Classic Maori Phase in the North Island; The Classic Maori Life-style. The Achievements of the Polynesians. Notes. Bibliography. List of Illustrations. Index.

Campbell, R. 1971. La Herencia Musical de Rapanui. Easter Island: Museum Store. [Reprint: Museum Store/Rapanui Press, 2006]

no ISBN; soft cover; 594 pp.

21 H 16 cm / 8.25" H 6.25"

b/w photos [+ CD-ROM]

A Manera de Epilogo; Índice Alfabético; Índice Bibliográfico.

Campbell, R. 1999. Mito y Realidad Rapa Nui. Santiago: Editorial Andres Bello.

ISBN 9561315807 soft cover; 368 pp.

12.7 H 20.32 cm / 5" × 8"

b&w photos & several color plates

Filología: Introducción; Vocabulario; Leyendas y Mitos; Fábulas y Cuentos; Poesía. Etnomusicología: Introducción; Presencia de la Música Antigua; Ensayo de Clasificación; Grupos Musicales y Danzas; Instrumentos Autóctonos; Características Musicales Generales; Diversos Tipos de Cantos; Cantos Litúrgicos Católicos. Paleografía: Introducción; Rese a Histórica de las Tabletas; Tentativas de Desciframiento; Diversas Clases de Tabletas y Escuela de los Maori Kohau Rongorongo; Descripción de los Signos y Diversos Tipos; Posibilidades de Futuras Investigaciones. Paleomedicina: Introducción; Anatomía Humana; Principios de Fisiología y Signos Vitales; Ciclos Vitales y Ritos Ancestrales; Enfermedades Infecciosas; Traumatismos y Heridas; Creencias y Supersticiones; Medidas Terapéuticas; Afecciones Nerviosas y Mentales; Somatotipo y Caracteres Psico-físicos; Conclusiones. Espeleología: Generalidades; Experiencia Personal; Clasificación; Planificación; Labor de Campo y Equipamiento Mínimo Násico; Proyección. Bibliografía.

C.E.I.P.P. 1982. Nouveau Regard sur l'Île de Pâques. Saintry sur Seine: Moana Editeur.

ISBN 2904279008 hard cover; 288 pp.

23 × 31.5 cm / 9.055" × 12.4"

B&W & color illustrations

L’île De Pâques et L’égarement du Public; Introduction la Connaissance De Lîle De Pâques; Entretiens Avec Le P^r Sergio Rapu; Nos Grandes Expéditions. La Découverte et Dutrou-Bornier: L’expédition Roggeveen (M.-C. Laroche); Le Médaillon Oriental (P.-L. Ovigny). Les Statues et L’architecture: Statuaire et Architecture (J.-P. Wieczorek); Les Yeux des Statues (J. Vignes); La Mise en Oeuvre des Moai (J.-P. Mohen); Le Déplacement des Statues (A. Valenta); Un Moai Disparu et Oublié (E. Dederen); Un Moai Disparu, Oublié et Retrouvé (A. Valenta). La Géologie: Mission Rapa Nui 1989 - Géologie Appliquée Uarchitecture (C. Royer); Le Petit Outillage en Obsidienne de Lîle de Pâques (A. Crémillieux). Les Hiéroglyphes: Les Hiéroglyphes ee L’île De Pâques (H. Lefebvre-Brion J. et C. Reichenbach); Des Écrits et des Langues (G. Culimann); Les Textes Kohau Rongo Rongo (I. Fédorova). La Végétation et Le Passé De L’île: L’étude du Professeur John Flenley (R. Duranton et A. Valenta); La Paléoécologie de L’île De Pâques et Son Désastre Écologique (J. Flenley); Le Toromiro (B. Aldén); Le Sophora Toromiro de L’île de Pâques (C. Orliac); Le Palmier des Pascuans (M. Orliac). La Génétique et La Connaissance des Populations: Réflexion Sur Le Peuplement de L’île de Pâques (V. Bodin); Les Marqueurs Génétiques (G. Dine); Les Enseignements du P^r Jean Dausset (A. Valenta); Les Recherches Génétiques du P^r Dausset a L’île De Pâques et en Polynésie Française (A. Valenta); Le Hla des Polynésiens D’amanu (G. Pelz); Les Couleurs et Les Rites Les Couleurs L’île de Pâques (P. et M. Deribéré);  Anciens Rites Funéraires de L’île de Pâques (M. Bouyssonnie); La plus Grande Bibliographie L’oeuvre de Michel Jumeau (A. Valenta); Mes Recherches Bibliographiques Pascuanes (M.-A. Jumeau); Pierre Loti et L’île de Pâques (A. Valenta).

Charola, A.E. 1994. Easter Island: The Heritage and its Conservation. World Monuments Fund, New York.

ISBN 0-9627931-4-0 soft cover; 68 pp.

8.25" H 11.75" / 21 H 30 cm

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 CONTENTS

Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction. The World Monuments Fund on Easter Island; Historical Overview; The Monuments of Easter Island; The Preservation of Easter Island’s Monuments; Appendix I: The Archaeological Elements of Easter Island; Appendix II: Glossary; Appendix III: Bibliography; Easter Island’s Key Sites

Charola, A.E. 1997. Death of a Moai. Easter Island Statues: Their Nature, Deterioration, and Conservation. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-11-5 soft cover; 50 pp.

8.5" H 11" / 21.6 H 28 cm

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CONTENTS

List of Figures; Foreword; Prologue. An Island Rises from the Sea; A Statue is Born; The Moai Ages; What Ails the Moai?; Can the Moai be Saved?; Moai as Petroglyphs; Epilogue; Lexicon of Geological and Minerological Terms; Bibliography.

Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 2005 [1935]. The Mysteries of Easter Island. (Ann M. Altman, trans.; Shawn McLaughlin, ed.).

www.chauvet-translation.com

SOMMAIRE (contents)

Translator's Introduction. Preface to the English Edition. Preface. Dedication. In Memoriam. Easter Island: General Information; History. The Easter Islanders: Traditions and History; Anthropological Study; Tattoos and Body Painting; Hairstyles and Hair Ornaments; Clothes; Dwellings and Objects in Daily Use; Social Organization; List of the Kings of Easter Island; War; Customs and Traditions. Flora and Fauna: Botany; Zoology and Ichthyology; Fish; Fishing. Religion: Introduction; The Bird Cult; The Tangata Manu. Monuments and Megaliths: The Monumental Statues of the Pakeopa and Ahu; The Monumental Statues at Rano Raraku; The Third Type of Monumental Statue; Various Other Stone Carvings. Carved Wooden Objects: Identifiable Periods in Easter Island Art; Ancient Wooden Statuettes Depicting Humans; The Semiotic Value of the Ancient Human Statuettes; Statuettes from the Decadent Period. The Talking Tablets of Easter Island: History; Introduction to the Language of the Ancient Easter Islanders; A List of Tablets from Easter Island; Translation of the Easter Island Hieroglyphics; Echancrée Rongorongo; Complementary Considerations Related to the Migration of the Ancestors of the Ancient Easter Islanders. Addendum: A Warning. Figure Legends. Bibliography (by Chauvet): A Warning. Current Sources and Further Reading; Acknowledgements. Figures: Plates 1-68; Additional Figures.

Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 1945. La Isla de Pascua y Sus Misterios. Santiago de Chile: Zigzag.

no ISBN; soft cover; 413 pp.

16.5 H 24 cm / 6.5" H 9.5"

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CONTENIDO (contents)

Prologo; Prefacio; Dedicado; In Memoriam.  Isla de Pascua: Generalidades; Historia. Los Pascuenses: Tradicion e Historia; Estudio Antropologico Tatuajes y Tinturas; Cabellera, Pienados y Adornos; Vestiduras; Habitaciones y Utensilios; Constitucion Social; Armas y Guerras; Usos y Costumbres. Flora y Fauna: Botanica; Zoologia e Ictiologia; Pesca; Material de Pesca. Religion: Generalidades; Culto del Pajaro. Monumentos y Construcciones Magaliticas: Estatuas Monumentales de los "Pakeopa" y Los "Ahu"; Estatuas Monumentales del Rano-Raraku; Estatuas Monumentales del Tercer Tipo; Diversos Trabajos en Piedra. Objectos Esculpidos en Madera: Periodos Sucesivos del Arte Pascuense; Estatuillas Humanas Arcaicas; Valor Semiologico de las Estatuillas Humanas Arcaicas; Decadencia de las Estatuillas. Tabillas Parlantes de la Isla de Pascua: Lista de las Tabillas de la Isla de Pascua; Traduccion de los Caracteres Pascuenses; Origines de los Caracteres; Consideraciones Complementarias Sobre el Periplo de los Antepasados de los Pascuenses.

Addendum; Bibliografia; Iconografia Antigua de la Isla de Pascua; Comprobaciones Desconocidas Hasta Hoy; Tabla de los Grabados. Appendice: Noticia Historica y Juridica Sobre el Dominio de la Isla de Pascua; Anexos.

Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 1935. L'Ile de Paques et ses Mysteres. Aux Editions "Tel".

no ISBN; soft cover; 413 pp.

25.4 H 30.5 cm / 10" H 12"

b/w photos & drawings

SOMMAIRE (contents)

Préface; Dédié; In Memoriam; Ile de Paques: Généralités; Historique. Les Pascuans: Tradition et Histoire; Étude Anthropologique; Tatouages et Tientures; Chevelure, Coiffures et Ornements; Vétements. Habitations et Objets Usuels: Constitution Sociale; Armes et Guerres. Moeurs et Coutumes: Alimentation Flore et Faune: Botanique; Zoologie et Ichtyologie; Pêche: Pirogues; Matériel de Pêche. Religion: Généralités; Culte de l’Oiseau. Monuments et Constructions Mégalithiques: Statues Monumentales des Pakeopa et Ahu; Statues Monumentales du Ranoraraku; Statues Monumentales du Troisième Type; Oeuvres Diverses en Pierre. Objets Sculptés en Bois: Périodes Successives de l’Art Pascuan; Statuettes Humaines Archaiques; Valeur Séméiologique des Statuettes Humaines Archaiques; Décadence des Statuettes. Tablettes Parlantes de l’Ile de Paques: Liste des Tablettes de l’Ile de Paques; Traducion des Caractères Pascuans; Origine des Caractères; Considérations Complémentaires sur le Périple des Ancêtres des Pascuans Archaiques. Addendum; Bibliographie; Iconographie Ancienne de l’Ile de Paques; Table de Matires; Table des Figures.

Cristino, C., P. Vargas and R. Izaurieta. 1981. Atlas Arqueológico de Isla de Pascua. Chile: Corporacion Toesca

no ISBN; soft cover; 27 pp.

25.4 H 31.75 cm / 10" H 12.5"

b/w photos (plates) & drawngs + tipped-in maps

Presentación. Antecedentes Generales; Prospección; Metodología; Resultados Generales; Glosario; Bibliografía. Laminas: Clave de Ubicación de Cuadrángulos; Claves para Utilización del Atlas. Q1 – Rano Kau; Q2 – Vinapu; Q3: Hanga Roa; Q4 – Maunga Orito; Q5 – Hanga Poukura; Q6 – Vaihu; Q7 – Akahanga; Q8 – Tahai; Q9 – Maunga Vaka Kipu; Q10 – Maunga o Tu’u; Q11 – Vaitea; Q12 – Oroi; Q13 – Hanga Maihiku; Q14 – Tongariki; Q18 – Maunga o Koro; Q28 – Rano Mariku; Área Rano Raraku; Sector Canteras Exteriores; Sector Canteras Superiores.

* Drake, Alan. 1992. The Ceremonial Center of Orongo. Woodland, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-00-X soft cover; 100 pp.

5.5" H 8.5" / 14 H 21.6 cm

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CONTENTS

Preface; Introduction. Rano Kau; The Orongo Sites; Historical Inquiries; House Construction; Mata Ngarau; The Birdman Cult; Motu Nui; Mataveri; Vai Atare and the Caldera; The Ancient Society; Easter Island Artifacts in Museums; Savoring Orongo; Afterword; Maps of Rapanui and Orongo; Notes; Bibliography/References Illustrations; Glossary; Index.

Du Feu, V. 1996. Rapa Nui: Descriptive Grammar. London: Routledge.

ISBN 0-415-00011-4 soft cover; 217 pp.

5.5" H 8.5" / 14 H 21.6 cm

no photos or drawings

Introduction. Rapa Nui – The Place and the People; The Language; Previous Descriptions of the Language; Orthography; Alphabet; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations. Syntax: Sentence Types; Subordination; Internal Structure of the Sentence; Adjectival Phrases; Adverbial Phrases; Prepositional / Postpositional Phrases; Noun Phrase; Coordinating Conjunctions; Omission of Elements; Expressing Negation; Negative Particles and Their Positions; Single and Double Negatives; Means of Expressing Anaphora; Domains of Anaphora; No Reflexive Pronoun; The Scope of Reflexivity; Antecedent and Reflexive; Reciprocals; Structure of Comparison; Omissions of Elements; Difference Between Types; Correlative Comparison; Possession; Emphasis / Focus; Means of Indicating Topic; Topicalized Elements; Regular Topicalization; Heavy Shift; Minor Sentence Types; Operational definitions. Morphology: Inflection; Noun Inflection; Pronouns; Verb Morphology; Adjectives; Prepositions and Postpositions; Numerals and Quantifiers; Adverbs; Clitics; Derivational Morphology; Reduplication, Causatives, Deverbatives; Derived Verbs. Phonology: Phonological Units; Distinctive Segments; List of Elements; Phonotactics; Consonant Combinations; Vowel Combinations; Lexical Structure and Word Structure; Syllable Structure; Length in Vowels; Stress; Pitch; Intonation; Metathesis; Deletion and Insertion; Reduplication; Morphophonology. Ideophones and Interjections. Lexicon: Kinship – by Blood, Partial Blood, Marriage, Adoption; Colour Terminology; Body Parts; Cooking Terminology; Tools; Natural Phenomena; Stars; Insults; Basic Vocabulary. Appendix: The Story of the Yellow Fish. References; Index.

Englert, S. 2006. Legends of Easter Island. Bilingual Texts. (Corrected Edition.) Museum Store / Rapanui Press.

ISBN 0-415-00011-4 soft cover; 217 pp.

5.5" H 8.5" / 14 H 21.6 cm

no photos or drawings

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Religious Traditions: Makemake the Creator; Makemake the Creator; Vision of a Divine Being; Ui Atua Rock; Two Spirits Tare and Rapahango; Ko Tangaroa; The Men in Charge of Making Prayers for Rain. History of Hotu Matu’a: His Homeland. Cataclysm. Vision of Hau Maka; Expedition of the Seven Explorers; Arrival of Hotu Matu’a; Cultivation of Yams Brought from Hotu Matu’a’s Homeland; Hotu Matu’a Sends Men to Bring the Tautó; Oroi Episode; Discord between Hotu Matu’a and Vakai. Vakai’s Death; Last Works and Death of Hotu Matu’a; Burial of Hotu Matu’a; Skull of Hotu Matu’a; Obsidians from Hare o Ava (Burial of Hotu Matu’a). Historical Traditions: An Ancient Cataclysm; Ngatavake; Ngatavake and Te Ohiro; Tribes of Ancient Times; People of the Tribes of the Old Days; Hanau Eepe: Their Immigration and Extermination. Stone Statues and Burial Monuments: Work of the Stone Statues; Version of an Explanatory Detail Regarding the Previous Tale; Felling of the Stone Statues; Three Sources of the Tradition of Putting "Hats" on the Moai; Tu’u Ko Iho‘s Small Statues, Kavakava Moai; Living Remembrance; Transport of the Stone Statues; Hollows for Corpses. Ancient Customs: Houses Built on Paenga Stones; Caves; People’s Beds; Mahute Cape; Mahute Cape; Te Manu Keu Renga; Loincloths; Hats; Reimiro and Tahonga; Marriages; Anakena, a Sacred Place; King’s Servant; Homages to the King; Eugenic Law of the Ariki; Kings’ Skulls; Birth of a Child; Children’s Food; Hens for a Child’s Good Luck; Curanto; Offering the First Curanto for the First Child; The Way of Making Fire; Tattoos; Children’s Tattoos; Children Accustomed to Living in Houses; Colored Earth; Youth in Isolation; Sacred Prohibitions (He Tapu); A Father’s Curse; Paina Celebrations; Bird Celebrations (Hens, Roosters, Chickens); Ma’ari Sport; Sandalwood Bark Pastime; Surf-riding Sport; Insult Songs; Tapa Manu; "The Man Who Owns the Bird"; Men in Charge of Making Curses; Mortuary Area. Fishing: Fishing Talismans; Plumb Line (Eel) Fishing; Prohibition of Tuna and Po’opo’o Fishing; Atur Fishing; Families of "Long Breath"; A Story of Two Fishermen. The Kohau Motu Mo Rongorongo: Teacher of the Old Writing; Spelling Book for the Learning of Future Maori Kohau Rongorongo; One Kohau Motu Mo Rongorongo from Rano Kau; Origin of a Kohau Rongorongo. Wars and Cannibalism: Combat Maneuvers; Avenger; Poio’s Boat; Uru a Rei’s Leg; Story of Makita and Roke Aua; Ure o Hei: Victim of Cannibalism. Legends and Stories: Uho, the Beautify Young Girl; Story of Repa a Punga; Tama te Rano Kao and Ure a Maitaki; Legend of Manini a Ohera and Hanga te Raumiro; Story of Moa Para; Sailor named Moaha; Ika Uri; Some Memories of the Infancy of Renga Hopuhopu a Te Tono; Memories of the Infancy of the Catechist Nicholás Ure Potahi, called Pakarati. Notes.

Englert, Sebastián. 1970. Island at the Center of the World. New York: Charles Scribner's sons.

no ISBN; hard cover; 191 pp.

7.75" H 10.5" / 19.7 H 27 cm

b/w & color photos & drawings

CONTENTS

Foreword; Note on Pronunciation. Traditions, Records, and Geography; Where Did the Polynesians Originate?; Man Comes to Easter Island; Building a New Life; Religious and Social Practices; The Inscribed Tablets; The Death of Hotu Matu'a and the Coming of Other Immigrants; The Outdoor Altars; The Great Statues; The Beginning of the End; Conflicts and Cannibalism; Final Tragedy. Appendices: People Mentioned in the Text; List of Ariki Henua; Places Mentioned in the Text. Reference notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Englert, Sebastián. 1948. La Tierra de Hotu Matu'a. Padre Las Casas (Chile): "San Francisco". [Reprint: Rapanui Press, 2006]

no ISBN; soft cover; 534 pp.

16 H 21 cm / 6.25" H 8.25"

b/w photo supplement (reprint only)

CONTENIDO (contents)

Introducción.  Historia: El Cataclismo de Hiva; Inmigración de Hotu Matu'a; La Colonización; Ariki, Tribus y Familias; Final de la Historia de Hotu Matu'a; Origen de las Esculturas en Madera; Segunda Inmigración y Monumentos de Piedra; Lucha Racial y Primer Contacto con el Mundo; Guerras Intestinas y Decadencia; Acontecimientos Trágicos y Miseria Final. Etnología: Creencias y Prácticas Religiosas; Rasgos Psicológicos y Moral; Aspecto Ffísico de la Raza; Habitaciones y Vestuario; La Pesca; La Alimentación; El Abastecimiento de Agua; Juegos, Deportes y Fiestas; Diversas Nociones; Las Tabletas Inscriptas. Lengua: Gramática; Lecturas; Diccionario. Inventario de los Ahu.

Esen-Bauer, H.-M. 1990. State and Perspectives of Scientific Research in Easter Island Culture. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1990

ISBN 3-924500-64-9 soft cover; 235 pp.

21 H 29.8 cm / 8.25" H 11.75"

b/w photos + tables

CONTENTS

Foreword (W. Ziegler); Introduction (H.-M. Esen-Baur); Religious Terminology of Easter Island and Polynesia (H. Cain); Ethnological and Folklore Data in the Symbolic Interpretation of Easter Island Art Objects (I.K. Fedorova); The First Figures to be Collected from Easter Island (D. Attenborough); The Mystery of the Rapanui Language (W.W. Schuhmacher); La Profecía de Renga Varevare a Te Niu (O. Blixen); Wege durch die Nacht (Rongorongo-Studien auf dem Santiagostab) (T.S. Barthel); Problems of Methods in Interpreting Easter Island Data (J. Guiart); Is a New Approach to the Decipherment of Rongorongo Writing Necessary? (J. Vignes); The Katherine Routledge Notes and Photos, Their Importance for Easter Island (C.M. Love); Cartografía Histórica de la Isla de Pascua en el Siglo XVIII, Acompañada de Algunos Datos Etnológicos y Arqueológicos (F. Mellén Blanco); How to Make and Move an Easter Island Statue (C.M. Love); Reconstruction of the Transport of Moai (P. Pavel); The Lost Observatories of Rapa Nui (W. Liller); Aim and Concept of the Easter Island Exhibit in Frankfurt (H.-M. Esen-Baur); Aim and Concept of the Easter Island Exhibit in Brussels (F. Forment); Acciones de Conservacidn en Isla de Pascua (M. Bahamondez Prieto); The Conservation of the Moai "Hange Kio’e" - Methods and Consequences of the Restoration (M. Roth); Changes in the Easter Island Flora - Comments on Selected Families (G. Zizka); Wild and Introduced Plants on Easter Island - A Report on Some Species Noted in February 1988 (B. Aldén); Donnees Nouvelles sur la Disparition du Palmier (cf. Jubaea) de l’Ile de Paques (M. Arnold, M. Orliac & H. Valladas); Sophora toromiro, One of the Raw Materials Used by Pascuan Carvers: Some Examples in the Collections of Musee de l’Homme (C. Orliac); Sophora toromiro in the Botanical Garden University Bonn (W. Lobin); Modern Plant Biotechnology as a Tool for the Reestablishment of Genetic Variability in Sophora toromiro (H.-J. Jacobsen & G. Dohmen).

Esen-Baur H.M. (ed.) 1989. 1500 Jahre Kultur der Osterinsel: Schätze aus dem Land des Hotu Matua. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.

ISBN 3-8053-1064-1 hard cover; 326 pp.

21.6 H 23.5 cm / 8.5" H 9.25"

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Sponsoren; Leihgeber; Autoren; Grußworte; Natur- und kulturgeschichtlicher Hintergrund: Einführung (H.-M. Esen-Baur); Naturgeschichte der Osterinsel (G. Zizka); Lebensraum Ozeanien (W. Stöhr); Die Europäer entdecken die Osterinsel (E. Vogler); Missionsgeschichte der Osterinsel (M. Buschkühl). Kultur der Osterinsel: Megalithische Steinplastiken und monumentale Architektur (H.-M. Esen-Baur); Die Felsbilder-Kunst auf Rapa Nui (G. Lee); Das Vogelmotiv in der traditionellen Holzskulptur der Osterinsel (F. Forment); Eingekerbte Vergangenheit. Die Zukunft der Rongorongo-Studien (T.S. Barthel); Die Schriftzeichen der Osterinsel (J. Guiart); Sieben tapa-Arbeiten von der Osterinsel (H.-M. Esen-Baur). Archäologie und Chemie: Konservierung der großen Steinbüsten (M. Roth); Die Abformung von zwei moai und einer ahu-Fassade auf der Osterinsel sowie die Ausformung zur Gewinnung originalgetreuer Kopien (U. Hänig, D.F. Sauer). Gegenwart und Zukunft: Die Osterinsel heute (H.-M. Esen-Baur, C. Walter); Gedanken zum heutigen Kunstschaffen auf der Osterinsel (H.-M. Esen-Baur). Katalog (H.-M. Esen-Baur): Moai kavakava; Moai papa; Moai tangata; Moai tangata manu; Moko; Rei miro; Tahonga; Ua; Ao, rapa; Kohau rongorongo; Heterogene Holzschnitzereien; Kleine Steinfiguren (moai maea); Petroglyphen; Rindenbaststoff - (tapa) Figuren; Waffen, Werkzeuge, Geräte und andere Gegenstände des täglichen Bedarfs; Modernes Kunstschaffen. Abbildungsnachweis; Glossar.

Fischer, Steven Roger. 2005. Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History Of Easter Island. London: Reaktion.

ISBN 1-86189-245-4 hard cover; 304 pp.

6" H 9" / 15 H 23 cm

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Introduction. The Polynesian Frontier; White Men and Birdmen; Pirates and Priests; Rancho Isla de Pascua; Museum Island. References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index.

Fischer, Steven Roger. 1997. Rongorongo: The Easter Island Script. History, Traditions, Texts. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 14.  Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.

ISBN 0-19-823710-3 hard cover; 714 pp.

6.5" H 9.5" / 16.5 H 24 cm

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History: The "Signatures" of 1770; The "Great Death"; Discovery; Destruction; Rediscovery; The Search Begins; Miklukho-Maklai; Growing European Interest; Bishop Jaussen and Metoro Tau'a Ure; Croft, Harrison, and Palmer; Into the 1880s; William Judah Thomson and Ure Va'e Iko; The Close of the Nineteenth century; "How Can the Riddle be Solved?"; Katherine Pease Routledge; Fantasts and Speculators; The Franco-Belgian Expedition and Alfred Métraux; From von Heine-Geldern to Heyerdahl; The St. Petersburg School; Thomas S. Barthel; Pebbles and Pearls. Traditions: The Informant Problem; Nomenclature; Categories of Inscriptions; Songs; Tapu; The Experts of Nga'ara; Rongorongo Rites; The "Rongorongo Schools"; Reading; Language; Whence and When? Texts: Material Resources; Production; Naming the Rongorongo; Statistics; Reproduction and Facsimiles; The Rongorongo Inscriptions; The Epigonies; The "Lost Inscriptions"; Ta'u; Mama; Other Inscriptions. Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.

Fischer, Steven Roger (ed.). 1993. Easter Island Studies: Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William T. Mulloy. Oxford: Oxbow Monograph 32.

ISBN 0-946897-60-3 soft cover; 247 pp.

8.25" H 11.75" / 21 H 29.8 cm

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Introduction (S.R. Fischer). William Mulloy: A Memoir (E.R. Mulloy). Willliam Mulloy and Rapanui (G.W. Gill). Bibliography of William T. Mulloy. Natural History: Rapanui: The Geological Parameters (S.R. Fischer and C. M. Love); Present Flora of Easter Island and Its Origins (J.R. Flenley); Marine Fauna of Rapanui, Past and Present (L.H. DiSalvo and J.E. Randall); Terrestrial Fauna of Easter Island (K. Klemmer and G. Zizka); Paleoecology of Easter Island, and its Ecological Disaster (J.R. Flenley); Rapanui Flora: Needs and Possibilities for Conservation (G. Zizka). History of Settlement: History of Human Settlement on Rapa Nui (P.G. Bahn); Human Osteology of Rapa Nui (G.W. Gill and D.W. Owsley); Naming of Rapanui (S.R. Fischer); A Bibliography of the Rapanui Material in the General Archives of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts (Picpus) (A. Mark). Archaeology: A Brief History of Rapanui Archaeology up to 1956 (Paul G. Bahn); Norwegian Expedition to Easter Island in Retrospect (C.S. Smith); Archaeology of the Monolithic Scuylptures of rapanui: A General Review (P.G. Bahn); A Survey and Documentation of the Moai of Rapanui (W. Liller); Dating of Rapanui Monolithic Sculpture (A. Skjølsvold); Importance of Soil Temperature and Relative Humidity in Obsidian Dating... (C.M. Stevenson, et al.); Easter Island Ahu Revisited (C.M. Love); Rock Art of Rapanui (G. Lee); Monuments in the Archaeoastronomy of Rapanui (W. Liller); Preservation of Rapanui’s Archaeological Heritage (A.E. Charola and C.A. Weber). Traditions: Rapanui Pantheon (A. Bierbach and H. Cain); Concept of Akuaku (O. Blixen); Rapanui Myths and Legends as Reflections of Shamanistic Beliefs (I.K. Fedorova); Tangata Manu of Rapanui (H.-M. Esen-Bauer); Traditional Foods of Rapanui (N.J. Pollock); Rapanui’s Ancient Medicinal Arts (R. Campbell). Language and Scripts: Rapanui Language (V.M. Du Feu and S.R. Fischer); Postcontact Change in the Rapanui language (W.W.Schuhmacher); Modern Rapanui Language: Retention and Survival (V.M. Du Feu); Perspectives and Directions of the Classical Rapanui Script (T.S. Barthel); A Provisional Inventory of the Inscribed Artifacts in the Three Rapanui Scripts (S.R. Fischer); Traditional Production of the Rapanui Tablets (François Dederen and S.R. Fischer). The Arts: Performing Arts of Rapanui (R. Campbell); Rapanui Crafts: Wooden Sculptures Past and Present (J. Seaver); Types of Wood Used in Rapanui Carvings (C. Orliac); "You are Crab, Crayfish, and Octopus": Personal and Group Symbols in Rapanui Wood Sculpture (F. Forment); Symbolismn in Rapanui Art (A.M. Arredondo). Postcontact Change: Modernization of Rapanui (J.D. Porteous); Postscript (S.R. Fischer). Glossary; Contributors; Index.

Flenley, John & Paul Bahn. 2002. Enigmas of Easter Island.  London: Oxford University Press.

ISBN 0-19280340-9 hard cover; 256 pp.

6.5" H 9.5" / 16 H 24 cm

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Introduction: European Discovery; The Island and its Geography.

The Original “Boat People”: Where Did They Come From?; How Did They Get There, and Why?; Living on an Island. Ancestors of Stone: A Petrified Dream: Statues and Ceremonies; The Riddle of the Quarry; Rocking and Rolling: How Were the Statues Moved?; Platforms and Pukao: Erecting the Statues. The Aftermath: Crash Go the Ancestors; Orongo and Rongorongo; The Island That Self-destructed; The Last Enigma. Appendix: Visiting Easter Island. Notes; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index.

Heyerdahl, Thor and Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr. (eds.). 1961. The Archaeology of Easter Island: Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Monograph 24. Santa Fe: School of American Research and Museum of New Mexico.

no ISBN; Vol. 1 – hard cover; 559 pp.

9" H 11" / 23 H 28 cm

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no ISBN; Vol. 2 – hard cover; 512 pp.

9" H 11" / 23 H 28 cm

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Acknowledgements. General Introduction: The Objectives of the Expedition (T. Heyerdahl): A review of previous sub-surface archaeology in Polynesia; Problems in anticipation. Itinerary and Organization (T. Heyerdahl and C.S. Smith); An Introduction to Easter Island (T. Heyerdahl): Geography; History. Archaeological Reports: I. Ceremonial Sites: The Ceremonial Center of Vinapu (W. Mulloy): Ahu No. 1; Ahu No.2; Village No.1; Artifacts; Summary; Appendix: Location of Artifacts. A Temporal Sequence Derived from Certain Ahu (C.S. Smith): Introduction; Descriptions of the Ahu: Ahu Hekii (E-17); Ahu Tepeu (E-13); Ahu Te Pito Kura (E-18); Ahu Nau Nau (E-23); Ahu O Hae (E-25); Interpretations; Conclusions; Comparisons; Summary. The Ceremonial Site of Orongo (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.): Complex A: The Plaza, Structures, Sculpture and Pictographs; Complex B: House Construction and Features, Entryway Pits House Decorations, Trenches; Complex C: Artifacts, Structures, Rooms 49E and R-31; Discussion: Gods, Symbolic Art, Associated Structures, Comparisons. II. Dwelling Sites: Two Habitation Caves (C.S. Smith): Introduction; Paupau Cave; O-hae Cave; Conclusions. Dwellings of Hotu Matua (A. Skjølsvold): Hotu Matua cave; Hotu Matua house. Maunga Ahuhepa House Site (C.S. Smith): The hill-top terrace; The house; The enclosure; The refuse deposit; Artifacts; Conclusions. Tuu ko Ihu Village (C.S. Smith); House Foundations Hare Paenga in Rano Raraku (A. Skjølsvold); Site E-2, A Circular Stone Dwelling at Anakena (A. Skjølsvold); Sites E-4 and E-5 (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.); Stone Houses in the Terraces of Site E-21 (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.); The Tupa of Hiromoko (W. Mulloy); Easter Island House Types (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.): Masonry Houses: The Orongo Houses, The Tupa, Terrace-edge Houses, Thick-walled Houses; Pit Houses: Cave Dwellings, Boat-shaped Thatch Houses. III. Miscellaneous: The Stone Statues and Quarries of Rano Raraku (A. Skjølsvold): Introduction; Exploratory Trenches; Excavation of Stone Statues: PSE No. 300, 295, 263 with Boat Petroglyph, 280, 284, 285, 290, Unnumbered Statues, No. 400 Inside the Crater, Unique Kneeling Statue, Small Statue with a Grotesque Face; Other Excavations in Rano Raraku; Aboriginal Working Techniques; The Red Topknots and the Puna Pau Quarry; Discussion. Site E-6, an Easter Island Hare Moa (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.); The Poike Ditch (C.S. Smith); Radio Carbon Dates from Easter Island (C.S. Smith); Surface Artifacts (T. Heyerdahl): Introduction; Tools and Weapons; Fishhooks; Other Utensils; Miscellaneous Objects; Stone Sculptures; Rock Paintings; Wood Carving; Summary and Discussion. Conclusion: General Discussion (T. Heyerdahl); A Summary of the Excavated Record of Easter Island Prehistory (E.N. Ferdon, Jr.); Literature Cited; Index; Plates 1-96 and tip-ins (Figs. 128-138).

Heyerdahl, Thor. 1952. Aku-Aku. London: Allen & Unwin.

no ISBN; hard cover; 384 pp.

6" H 9" / 15 H 23 cm

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Detectives Off to the End of the World; What Awaited us at the World’s Navel; In volcanic Gas Tunnels; The Mystery of the Easter Island Giants; The Long-Ears’ Secret; Superstition Against Superstition; Meeting the Caves’ Dumb Guardians; Into the Secret Caves; Among Gods and Devils; A Ruined city in the Clouds; My Aku-Aku Says.... Appendix; Index.

* Haoa Rapahango, Anna Betty & William Liller. 1996. Speak Rapanui! ¡Hable Rapanui! Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-03-4 soft cover; 133 pp.

5.5" H 8.5" / 14 H 21.6 cm

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Introduction / Introduccion. Common Words and Phrases / Palabras y Frases Comunes; A Brief Grammar / Un Poco de Gramatica; Word Lists / Listas de Palabras. Bibliography / Bibliografia; The Authors / Los Autores.

Highland, G.A., et al (eds.). 1967. Polynesian Culture History: Essays in Honor of Kenneth P. Emory. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Special Publication 56.

no ISBN; hard cover; 594 pp.

6" H 9" / 15 H 23 cm

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Foreword (Roland W. Force); Preface (Genevieve A. Highland); Kia Ora Keneti (Bengt Danielsson); Bibliography of Kenneth Pike Emory. General Polynesia: Polynesian Origins and Migrations... (Alan Howard); Revisions and Adulterations in Polynesian Creation Myths (Dorothy B. Barrèe); Homogeneity and  Hypertrophy... (Margaret Mead); New Perspectives on Polynesian Voyaging (Ben R. Finney); Cylindral Headdress in the Pacific Region (H.D. Skinner); Material Evidence of the Bird-Man Concept in Polynesia (T. Barrow); The Immediate Origins of the Polynesians (R.C. Green); A Commentary on the Study of Contemporary Polynesia (Alexander Spoehr). Linguistics: A Linguistic Assessment of the Historycal Validity of some of the Rennellese and Bellonese Oral Traditions (Samuel H. Elbert); Effect of Heterogeneity in the lexicostatistical Test List... (George W. Grace); The Past Twenty Years in Polynesian Linguistics (Bruce Biggs); Onomastically Induced Word Replacement in Tahitian (Ralph Gardner White); Archaeology: Artifacts from Excavated Sites... (Yosihiko H. Sinoto); Archaeology on Coral Atolls (Janet Davidson); Archaeology and the Society Islands (José Garanger). Hawaii: Some Problems with Early Descriptions of Hawaiian Culture (Marion Kelly); The Lei Niho Palaoa (J. Halley Cox); Poi Making (Mary Kawena Pukui). East Polynesia: Friendship Pacts in Ancient Tahiti (Douglas Oliver); Earl 'Ati of the Western Tuamotus (Paul Ottino); Observations on Methods Used in Assembling Oral Traditions in the Marquesas (H. Lavondès). West Polynesia: Preservation and Evolution of Form and Function in Two Types of Tongan Dance (Adrienne L. Kaeppler. Outliers: Sea Creatures and Spirits in Tikopia Belief (Raymond Firth); An Island Changes its Religion... (Torben Monberg). Index.

Jennings, J. (ed.). 1979. The Prehistory of Polynesia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

ISBN 0674700600 soft cover; 399 pp.

7.75" H 10.6" / 19.7 H 27 cm

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Introduction. The Oceanic Context; Lapita; Fiji; Samoa and Tonga; The Marquesas; Easter Island; Hawaii; The Societies; New Zealand; Language; Physical Anthropology; Subsistence and Ecology; Settlement Patterns; Voyaging; Melanesia. Epilogue. Glossary. Contributors. Index.

Kjellgren, E. 2001. Splendid Isolation. New York: Metropolitan Museum.

ISBN 0-300-09078-1 soft cover; 80 pp.

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Remote Possibilities (E. Kjellgren). Changing Faces: Rapa Nui Statues in the Social Landscape (J.A. Van Tilburg). Rapa Nui Art and Aesthetics (A.L. Kaeppler). Catalogue: Head of a Stone Figure (moai); Birdman Petroglyphs; Birdman Figures; Ribbed Figures (Moai Kavakava); Female Figures (Moai Papa); Naturalistic Male Ffigures (Moai Tangata); Lizardman Figures (Moko); Crouching Zoomorphic Figures; Barkcloth Images (Manu Uru); Bifacial Images (Moai Aringa); Zoomorphic Pendants; Gorgets (Rei Miro); Feather Headdresses; Dance Paddles; Chief’s Staffs (Ua); Inscribed Tablets (Kohau Rongorongo). Selected Bibliography.

Kirch, Patrick V. 1984. The Evolution of Polynesian Chiefdoms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ISBN 0-521-27316-1 soft cover; 315 pp.

6" H 9" / 15 H 23 cm

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Preface. Introduction: Methods, Aims, and objectives; Approaches to Prehistoric Change in Polynesia; Dominant Trends in Polynesian prehistory. Foundation: Polynesian Societies and Ecosystems; The Island Ecosystems; Cultural and Linguistic Subgroups; The Material Basis of Polynesian Societies; Organizational Principles of Polynesian Societies; Overview. Ancestral Polynesia; Origins; The Lapita Cultural Complex; The Eastern Lapita Sequence; Ancestral Polynesia: A Reconstruction; Overview. Process: Dispersal, Colonization, and Adaptation; The Polynesian dispersal; The Challenge and Strategy of Colonization; Adaptation in New Environments; Overview. The Demographic Factor; Models of Population Growth on Islands; Population Growth: The Hawaiian Case; Palaeodemography of Polynesian Populations; Population Regulation: the Case of Tikopia; Overview. Changing Environments; Directional Change in Island Environments; The Significance of Environmental Hazards; Man's Transported Landscapes;  Human Impact on Island Ecosystems; Overview. Development and Intensification of Production; Development of Production Systems; Production and the Chieftainship; Intensive Production: The Wet and the Dry; Other Aspects of Production; Intensification in West Hawai'i: A Case Study; Overview. Competition and Conflict; Demographic and Ecological Correlates of Competition; Warfare and Political Development; Archaeological Manifestations of Warfare; Overview. Transformation: Tonga; The Archaeological Sequence; Environment, Agriculture, and Population; Rise of the Dual Paramountship; Structure of the Protohistoric Chiefdom; Inter-island Relations; Voyaging and Tribute; Long-distance Exchange. Hawai'i; Colonization, Adaptation, and Expansion; Local Sequences of Development; Traditional Accounts of Political Development; Late Prehistoric Hawaiian Society; Hawai'i and Tonga: A Comparative Note. Easter Island; Colonization and Early Developments; The Ahu Moai Phase (AD 1000-1500); Decadent (Huri Ahu) Phase (AD 1500-1722). Epilogue; Glossary of Polynesian Terms; References; Index.

Kirch, Patrick V. (ed.). 1986. Island Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ISBN 0521301890 soft cover; 98 pp.

8.75" H 11.4" / 22 H 29 cm

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List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: The Archaeology of Island Societies (Patrick V. Kirch). Landscape, Land Use, and Political Transformation in Southern Melanesia (Matthew Spriggs). Conceptual and Substantive Issues in Fijian Prehistory (Terry L. Hunt). Exchange Systems and Inter-Island Contact in the Transformation of an Island Society: The Tikopia Case (Patrick V. Kirch). The Role of Competition and Cooperation in the Evolution of Island Societies (George J. Gumerman). Some Basic Components of the Ancestral Polynesian Settlement System: Building Blocks for More Complex Polynesian Societies (R.C. Green). Social Evolution in Ancient Hawai'i (Robert J. Hommon). The Socio-Political Structure of the Southern Coastal Area of Easter Island: AD 1300-1864 (Christopher M. Stevenson). Turtles, Priests, and the Afterworld: A Study in the Iconographic Interpretation of Polynesian Petroglyphs (Barry Rolett). References. Index.

* Kurze, Joan Seaver. 1997. Ingrained Images: Carvings in Wood from Easter Island. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-12-3 soft cover; 82 pp.

8.75" H 7.75" / 22 H 20 cm

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Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; List of Illustrations. The History of Rapa Nui and its History Polynesian Culture. Acculturation: The Leap from Pa'apa'a to Barbie Doll. Wood Carvers and Kautoki. Ancient and Modern Belief Systems on Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui Aesthetics. Catalog; Glossary; References.

* Lee, Georgia. 2006. Rapa Nui, Island of Memory. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-23-9 soft cover; 212 pp.

11" H 8.5" / 28 H 21.6 cm

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Map of the Pacific; Map of Easter Island; A Few Facts; Map of Hanga Roa. Starting Over; The Island; Vahine rapanui; Old Francisco; Hangaroa Village; Hanga Piko; Family Ties; Rano Kau; Hollywood and Tapati; Over and Under Rapa Nui; Rapanui Artists; Crossing the Beach; Early Researchers; Islanders and Outsiders; The Petroglyph Project; A Wrap on Rapa Nui. Glossary; For Further Reading; Timeline.

Lee, Georgia. 1990. An Uncommon Guide to Easter Island. Arroyo Grande, California: International Resources.

ISBN 0-937480-17-7 soft cover; 116 pp.

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Foreword; Introduction. Travel Tips and Practical Matters: What to Wear, What to Bring; Where to Stay; Food; Getting Around the Island; Health Considerations; Entertainment; Recreation; Money; Trade Items; What to Buy. Hanga Roa Village: The Catholic Church; Plaza Hotu Matu'a; Archaeological Museum; Special Events. A Short History of Easter Island: The Prehistory; The Prehistoric Society; The Birdman Cult; The Historic Period; The Modern Period; The Island Today; Comparative Chronology Chart. Easter Island's Archaeology: Controversies and Mysteries; Recent Archaeological Research. Touring the Archaeological Sites: Sites Near Hanga Roa; Sites Peripheral to Hanga Roa; Along the South Coast to Rano Raraku; North from Poike to Anakena; The Road Across the Island; The North Section: Anakena to Tepeu. Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index.

Lee, Georgia. 1992. The Rock Art of Easter Island: Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods. Monumenta Archaeologica 17. Los Angeles: The Institute of Archaeology, UCLA.

ISBN 0-917956-74-5 hard cover; 226 pp.

9" H 11" / 23 H 28 cm

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Introduction: The Importance of Rock Art; Prehistory and Ethnography; Previous Rock Art Research; Current Research. Prehistoric and Protohistoric Rapa Nui Society: The Environment; The Culture; The Ethnography; Matatoa and Warfare; The Birdman Cult; The Birdman Motif and Bird Symbolism. Dealing with Rock Art: Methods of Recording; Methods of Manufacture; Problems of Dating; Data Base; Typology. Motifs and Patterns of Distributions: Cupules; Anthropomorphs; Anthropomorphic Features, Disembodied; Man-Bird Combinations; Birds; Marine Creatures; Terrestrial Creatures; Ceremonial Objects; Watercraft; Objects of Material Culture; Geometric Motifs; Incised Designs; Reuse of the Sacred; Rongorongo. Rano Kau and Orongo: Orongo Sites: Orongo Village; Mata Ngarau; Motu Nui; Rano Kau Sites: Exterior Slopes; Interior Slopes. Anakena, Ra'ai, and Tongariki: Anakena; Ahu Ra'ai; Tongariki. Painting on Easter Island: Pigment and Color; Ana Kai Tangata; Orongo Paintings; Motu Nui Paintings Sexual Symbolism; Rock Art Comparisons in Polynesia; Summary and Conclusions. Appendix; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Liller, William. 1993. The Ancient Solar Observatories of Rapanui. Woodland, California: Cloud Mountain Press and Easter Island Foundation.

ISBN 1-880636-01-8 soft cover; 61 pp.

8.5" H 11" / 21.6 H 28 cm